Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-01-22
THE SHORT LINE.
Is thisend Sold OuG Ca!i " this
Haching of Your Friends.

Backing OF Your Friends
From the 1t. Louis kepub lean, January, l. J
Gen. Odon Guitar, OF columbia, Mo, arrived
from lew York yesterday and registered 81 ne
Hotel Barnum. He has been east on business
connected with the St Louis, Kansas City ShOrt
Line railroad and in conversation "'lih ir-
publican reporter, he said Negotiation ave
pending between the st. Louis. KANSAS { ~
Short Line railroad aud the Missouri Central
railroad with the view OF con olldating the two
enterprises In part, thus making sure the con-
8 TuctIon of a. least one line. The companies
Will hold directory meetings in ST Louis on
February /, for the purpose uf considering and
aHlLe upon The proposition. The outcome OF
the acton of The JOINT meeting ofihe Two boards.
The outlook indicates the construction o! Ii short
line road with easy grades between the two
cities IN question. provided ST Louis can he
awakened 10 II proper appreciation CT the inter
ests she has in the project. 1t Is GRANTED that We
will be met by friendly hands ut the GUYS Z :te5
and welcomed in. We are hopeful that the in
terest now apparent In the new BRIDE project
will not be allowed to abate until a charter Is
granted, as it would be greatly TO our Interest to
connect our line with the proposed new depot
and BRIDGE
wHATTuEY SAY ABOUT IT.
w~AsHINGToN. January 10 -Messrs. Williams
and FOLSOM lett Tor home this e9ening by lhr
Vandslla route and will be IN t Louis Mon
day morning. Speaking, before he lett, OF tue
consolidation of the st. Louis and Kansas Cry
short Line railway company ana the Central
Missouri company. Mr.. Williams said there
would be no reason TER anyone to question that
the new read would be thoroughly u st. Louis
enterprise. Ii Is TO be known as the st. Louis
and Central Missouri railway com pany, and Mir.
Williams added that the president would be II
st. Louis man well known throughout Missouri,
whose name would be sufficient 10 establish the
fact that the interests Of st. Louis will not be
neglected In a general Way the details oil Tue
consolidation were fully arranged at the recent
conference in New iork CITY. Il Is still neccs-
sary. however, to have the scheme as elaborated
there ratified by the board OF directors Of each
CnrnnhnE For Ihls Dim DEp. each hoard VIII
meet IN st. LOUIS on the LIST OF February next.
Ii everything continues favorable, the con5olt-
,ation OF the two enterprises will then be COM
pleled and the new company organized III re
Will be entirely a nex stock subscription, but
Mr.. Williams states The stock Will be largely
held By Missouri peopIeHnd the control OI The
company also remains 10 tne ha ds Of Missouri
ans. Missouri men wit be given a majority OF
the board OF directors. On each, however.
there viii be II representation of the New lOrk
interests, from whichth - backing money comes
1t ID stated To be the intention. II the scheme -
carried out Ter the consolidation OF the Nv"
roads, To shape the new route SO rs To 20 out OF
St. Louis ON the west side, ,rJssIng the Missouri!
river at HOwell's Ferry. and AZ ain somewherc
near Saline City, mos likely al Arrow Rock,
and thence by the wa,Of Brownsville TO Kansas
City. This takes the Dute OF the st. Louis and
Kansas CITY Short line until the Missouri is
crossed at Arrow Roc, but after that IL follows
pretty much the rOut of the Central Missouri
The bridge at Alton. Mr.. Williams tn nks, will
ultimately be built. s the Bee Line people, who
are back of the enlerrise, Will want II short Gu.
across that way Tor ter through freight.
From the st. Louisiiob Jan. 10 |
| WASHINGTON, D. January IA t Il. RoOt.
Williams and MIR. Jim rolsOn. OF Fayetie. Mo.
| are here on their way home from New Iork.
Col. " Illiams Is PRESIDENT OF the Snort Line
railroad, and he ha.been east To arrange pre-
lIminaries Tor the onsoiidati0n OF Interests oil
the Short Line anddissouri Central.
Nothing has ben definitely decided ht
said this evening" but the consolidation has
been talked over ad an understanding arrived
at. / have caileda meeting OF the Short Line
directors III the Sdthere hOlel, IN ST Louis. III
February, and It. propositions WILL be- formal
ly considered. Ihlnk there is little doubt the
consolidation wi be agreed to, and II II Is,
work will begin'n The road In February
1t Is probable lat Col. Williams aud General
Guitar, Oh the Sbrt Line, will become directors
in the Central. )ne principal reason for taking
the charter ofhe Central Is that 1t does rot
mention SO nsy places on the route rs the
short Line des. By the consolidation the
Central adoputhe Short Line plan oil crossing
10 the south sie oil the Misso ui river at How
ell's Ferry, al coming into st. Louis from fhe
northwest, mead of by the more roundabout
Alton route. The Alton bridge will be built In
time, aud WILDE used Tor the heavier through
freight. but I, main line will be from Kansas
City to st. Lds over Missouri soil, connecting
with the Bes4lne q st. Louie, Instead of at
Alton. as CO emplsted by the original plan OF
the Missouri Central. The consolidation will
release mucof the bonus pledged to the Short
Line, but Ip expected that the subsidies Will
be transierd To the new company. When ask
ed ii the page Of the interstate commerce bin
would have Il, pressing effect on the enterprise,
Col WILLIS said quite promptly:
arll. inquired particularly a6ou.
that. ThSeW York interests behind the Mis-
souri, Cenul favor the bill and believe the pro
visions VI be an advantage. These men ex-
pect to gdght ahead and build the road through
10 kanssCtty.'
SIMS TO HAVE BEEN PREMATURE.
Fromhs TWO articles given below, taken
from e Globe-Democrat of January Il, il
looks if the announcement OF consolidation
had On a little prem iture. Evidently some
" =; Ca-euut a,-. L.. L.- - a.
annocements, and just as evidently the Ms
sourCentral acknowledges itself worsted by
the Srt Line when 1t gives up tie entire lin.
froDt. Louis to Arrow Rock. 1t Is very easy
to pve to capitalists that its line from there to
Kaas City is not us good as the original Short
Ii, and, hence, that it ha, no Taison a eiys
wIever. The publications alluded to are as
lows
The announcement of tbe Consolidation oil
st. Louis and Kansas City short Line with
I Missouri Central, which Gen Odon Guitar
Inns 10 have been premature, though negOtIa-
Pms III that direction are III a tair Way OF BEN
4. loseG up, has created u tempest OF indignation
/ long tue proposed route Of the short Line, am
ommlttees are awaiting The return OF Vice
Resident Guitar and other officials from Iheli
rip east TO enter u vigorous protest upon behalf
ii those who have labored 50 long ami earnestly
90 perfect The snort Line scheiue. j. r. Cos
dell. secretary OF the Short Line, has written To
President Williams that the transfer to the
Missouri Central would not be received with
good grace by the towns interested, anu hlnts
that there will be opposition to any such arrang-
ment on tn inside oil the company that W III pc
vent the contamination fIhe scheme. President
Wlillain5' explanation Is decidedly ambiguous,
and all he will say 10 that the ultimate result OF
the deal Will prove satisfactory To all parties ia
lertsted The conference at New Ioik between
the officials oil the Missouri Central and thr
snort Like was quietly arranged, and the CnL-
come is regarded rs u victory Tor the Missouri
Central engineered by that veteran protector
Col. j. L, Il. Haywood, who Is now presi!eni
OF the Central. AS to the OUTCOME IL would be
difficult to conjecture. 1t IS known that dIssrI4-
and asplit Is liable to occur at auy time. tht
retirement OF George l. Post as president, some
lew weeks since, was the result, 1t is alleged,
of intrigues by those favorIng securing control
OF The Short Line, AMI there was \ stormy scene
in the meeting at which Col. Hay ward succeeded
Mr.. Post as president. ThB Controversy has
not been settled yet, and II is current report III
railroad circles that another radical change 1T
the directory and policy must ensue hcior. hnr-
InOny can be restored.
Special dispatch TO the Globe-priGoGraf
COLUMBIA Mo january ll.-E IL, ruIge
and Joseph Latbrop, OF Chicago, suppo5 AMY
representing the Chicago, harrington and
Quincy railroad, have rrrIved here and have
been in consultation with Il. Il. Price The prin-
clpal owner OF the Columbia branch OF the
Wabash, III reference to Il projected ROAD from
chicago TO Springfield, Mo via HannibaI
which road Will want TO Use the track OF Tie
Wabash branch II satisfactory arran.em MT
can he made. Mr.. Price. however, 10 pl.igua
20 the support OF the Proposed st. Louis aud
Kansas City snort Line SO long rs IL sticks 10 !ts
original route. and told The gentlemen that t,,
could net negotiate with theta u1tii he Sn II
Line project Was pushed TO It's lrgitim. ate con-
cilslOn. The proposed Chicago and Springfield